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If you're looking for a Dark Knight of the sole, Converse has you covered, with two new designs for Batman high-tops to mark the 30th Anniversary of The Dark Knight Returns featuring "artwork from the Batman comic archives.

In terms of branding, Matt Groening has always been the anti-Bill Watterson. Whereas the Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist was opposed to nearly any use of his creations on merchandise, Groening was never shy about his desire to see characters from The Simpsons on t-shirts, posters, sneakers, and nearly anything else you could think of. The strategy paid off: Simpsons merchandise, seemingly omnipresent at one point, served as great advertising and played a role in making the show the longest-running American television sitcom of all time. And while that movement has died down a bit over the years, it hasn't completely gone away. Case in point: these new Converse sneakers, featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, available now on Converse's website. You can check out pictures of each below. Feel free to get a pair of Bart Simpson kicks, grab a Butterfinger, and be transported to another world. And by another world, I mean 1993.

As part of its DC Comics x Converse's Fall/Winter collection, shoemaker Converse launched its newest Design Your Own DC Comics Chuck Taylor All Star shoes campaign this week, featuring artwork from the Batman: Arkham City video game. Similar to the previous Design Your Own DC Comics Sneakers process, this feature allows the customer to design their own shoes by offering a selection of customizable

Toys: Art Asylum has released designs for its upcoming Marvel Minimates Series 50 fan poll winners. I'm personally digging that Cyborg Spidey and Onslaught. Digital: Digital Manga will will suspend its print line from January through June of 2013 to focus on their digital line for a bit...

Converse revealed their latest Fall/Winter collection at an exclusive event at Converse SoHo during New York Comic Con, featuring their latest DC Comics designs including Superman and Teen Titans but also a selection of ThunderCats kicks, as that 1980s favorite is also part of the Warner Bros...

As the latest installment in the DC Comics x Converse collection, Converse launched today its Design Your Own DC Comics Chuck Taylor All Star shoes campaign, featuring mix-and-match custom shoe design options that include Batman, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Riddler...

As the latest additions to the DC Comics x Converse collaboration, Chuck Taylor All Star kicks featuring Wonder Woman and Killer Croc designs are now exclusively available at Journeys. The collection has greatly expanded since its launch in Fall 2010, with limited edition footwear featuring a variety of DC's finest heroes and villains including Batman, Superman, Two-Face, Catwoman, and more... Rea

Upcoming: IDW's revealed another cover for May's Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 eight-issue miniseries, which will pit the Enterprise crew and The Doctor against the Borg and The Cybermen. Oprah: Craig Thompson's Blankets has been named one of "The 8 Greatest Love Stories of All Time" by Oprah...

Design: Tauntr imagines a line of Converse Chuck Taylor Allstars sporting The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad and Dexter designs. Digital: Graphicly has acquired the Double Feature comics application for iOS. Creators: Artist Susie Cagle, along with other Occupy Oakland activists, journalists and legal observers, was arrested and jailed yesterday on the grounds of unlawful assembly...

We haven't paid enough attention to the DC Comics line of Converse Chuck Taylors since the sneakers debuted at Comic-Con International 2010, and for this we are sorry. In addition to the handsome series of high quality footwear featuring DC characters, the initiative has also brought forth a brand new Catwoman comic drawn by none other than Cameron Stewart...